A phytoplankton trophic index to assess the status of lakes for the Water Framework Directive

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 704, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-95

  Phillips, Geoff ^a   Lyche Solheim, Anne ^b   Skjelbred, Birger ^b   Mischke, Ute ^c   Drakare, Stina ^d   Free, Gary ^e   Järvinen, Marko ^f   de Hoyos, Caridad ^g   Morabito, Giuseppe ^h   Poikane, Sandra ⁱ   Carvalho, Laurence ^j  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Environment Protection Agency Richview   (Ireland)

^f FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^j CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Classification; Europe; Eutrophication; Indicator taxa; Intercalibration; Phytoplankton; Trophic index; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; INDEX METHOD; LAKE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84873749390     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1390-8     Document Type: Article

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